"May I have this dance?" the man inquired, bowing gracefully towards me, not bothering about the tension that began to build between us. All eyes remained fixed on our direction, as if witnessing a captivating tale unfold right before them. However, amidst the gathered crowd, there was one person who caught my attention. A woman stood nearby, her face filled with shock. It seemed she had just arrived at the party, frozen in place after witnessing our encounter, because if she had been standing there all along, then she must have frozen there after seeing us and hadn't moved from where she was, as if she had become a statue.
Her reaction hinted at a possible connection between her and Cornelius. Just from the way he is looking at Cornelius and how she slapped me out of nowhere last time,
